Well, it's $270 for a new steering column. I've actually determined though that someone I know that owes me a favor and needs money is a certified mechanic, so this may change the definition of "worth fixing." It actually looks like the damage is confined to the small window vent and the steering column, plus the existing transmission fluid leak. I am mostly way past caring what people think of my vehicle -- as long as they don't try to steal it -- but it would be nice to have somethig I could meet a client in.
Dana On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:56:12 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Give it away to a charitable organization. I bet the tax benfits that you > would get from that would FAR outweigh the headaches of getting it fixed > properly. Besides, you already have a cool hippie-mobile to bang around in! > > Ray > > At 02:45 PM 2/10/2005, you wrote: > >Hadn't taken those particular turns, no. It was on the other side of > >Central Avenue that you would not have any particular reason to visit > >on foot unless you lived there. > > > >I am just getting back to this as I have spent the last couple of days > >learning to start the thing with a screwdriver and finding out how > >much it's gonna cost to get the headlights unstuck from high beams, > >stuff like that. > > > >Dana > > > > > >On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:42:24 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I want to know is how did YOU not notice it 6 blocks from your > > > home? I take it it was in an area that you rarely travel to? > > > > > > At 07:47 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote: > > > >Well, I finally broke down, sick of the shit-headed transit system in > > > >this town, and bought a car. Since my last car, a Jeep, was stolen a > > > >couple of months ago, I bought this totally uncool station wagon with > > > >hippie stickers on it and an anti-bush bumper sticker. It came with a > > > >protection mandala, rofl. I figured nobody nobody nobody was gonna > > > >steal this thing. So, that was Saturday. > > > > > > > >Monday the police notified me that they found my Jeep. > > > > > > > >Since they took their sweet time notifying me I owed three hundred > > > >dollars in towing and storage fees, but I have already done that rant > > > >and got the t-shirt. > > > > > > > >What is amusing though is that they recovered it from about six blocks > > > >from my house. They broke one of the small windows, a sign, I am > > > >told, that they were interested in it to sell or possibly chop it. > > > >However, the car was very low on transmission fluid and the > > > >transmission was sticking when the vehicle took a curve. > > > > > > > >So as we reconstruct it, they broke in, got the car started, took the > > > >curve to the right at the end of my block, took a left at the end of > > > >the street, the transmission sticking both times, got about six blocks > > > >away and ran out of gas. At which point they said screw it and left > > > >the car there. Our vigilant police force got around to noticing it > > > >four months later. Another rant. The fun part is that after I put gas > > > >and transmission fluid in it, it ran like a champ and is now back home > > > >where it belongs. > > > > > > > >Moral - poor maintenance sometimes works in your favor :) > > > > > > > >Dana > > > > > > > >-- > > > >....they did not stop to think they died instead > > > >then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146951 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
